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Blog Is There Any Science to Shoveling?

Science and shoveling? The two might seem a comical pair since we're talking about one of the most basic tools used at work and at home. It's the entry-level piece of equipment some readers probably used when they first started working. I've also no...

Blog MEMIC Comp Summit Worth the Trip

Each year, MEMIC hosts a free conference for its policyholders, known as the MEMIC Comp Summit. The conference, held at the Grand Summit Hotel at Sunday River Resort in Newry, Maine, boasts annual attendance of about 500. This year's conference is se...

Blog Planning for Safety

Every once in a while I get someone who sends along their views and thoughts that are worth passing along. This is such a case. It comes from Henry Reynolds who works at MEMIC as a safety management consultant with many of our manufacturing and indu...

Blog Texting and Wrecking

It's well-known among workplace safety geeks that one of the most frequent hazards employees encounter on a daily basis involves driving a vehicle. This includes not only risk for those who drive for a living, as well as those with incidental driving...

Blog Can Safety Save Your Business?

As everyone knows, we are in an economic upheaval like we've never seen. We've reached the point where the government is involved in a Wall Street bailout of epic proportions. If larger companies are going bankrupt or being bought out at bargain base...

Blog Chainsaw Safety Review

This is the time of the year when many homeowners prepare for the coming winter by stockpiling firewood. There’s always a large contingent who cut up their own firewood as part of this annual ritual, and those folks likely will use a chainsaw t...

Blog Accident Investigation: Finding the Positive in the Negative

The title above may sound like a contradiction. But actually, examining an accident in detail—and this includes the minor ones and even near misses, too—can provide valuable insight and ultimately prevention techniques. Unfortunately, ma...

Blog Protection Through Inspection

“The right tool for the job” is an old saying. And it turns out it’s a good safety saying too. Although it may conjure up a construction or manufacturing setting, there isn’t a workplace where it doesn’t ring true. One ...

Blog Stretching for Fun and Profit

I have a pretty good idea that a number of you will read this post’s title and say “that's crazy.” I honestly have to say I thought the same thing when I was first introduced to the idea of an employee stretch program years ago. I ...

Blog Crane Operator Licensing on the Horizon

For those readers who own, lease or are otherwise involved with cranes on construction sites, you need to prepare for a licensing change that will require crane operators to take more training and pass a test. This is not new. Many organizations...